McAdoo Forms Central Staff for War Railroads
Washington Feb 4 Direc tor General McAdoo has nearly completed a central staff to aid govern ment administration of railroads during the war. The tentative lineup includes Walker D Hines as chairman and general counsel of the Santa Fe. Carl R Gray of Western Maryland. F T Bentley Chicago. W T Tyler Chicago. John Barton Payne Chicago. labor adviser W S Carter. C A Prouty head of valuation. Luthar M Walter Chicago. Edward Chambers vice president Santa Fe. A board of traffic managers from several departments will coordinate shipments. No wholesale dismissals planned. many officials may shift to other duties as private management ends.
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Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Althose
Walker D. Hines
New York
Santa Fe Transportation
Carl R. Gray
Baltimore
Maryland
F. T. Bentley
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
W. S. Carter
The
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
C. A. Prouty
Interstate Cou Merce Commission
Bureau of Valuation and Accounts
Luthar M. Walter
Edward Chambers
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
G. A. Kirtley
J. F. Holden
Kansas City
Kansas City Southers
Il. M. Adams
St. Louis
Missouri Parifh
War Department
H. M. Auewalt
Los Angeles
Navy
J. A. Middleton
Frisco
Fuel and Oil Administrations
Chambers
Food Administration
Railroad Administration
Two new instructors in East High School
Two new instructors took up their duties at East High School today as the second term begins. Emma Holter of Frankfort Kentucky will teach French and Spanish, while Ruth Acker of Fayette Ohio, Oberlin College graduate, succeeds Esther Brasie who resigned from physical culture. About 90 freshmen enrolled, boosting total to 541. Most new students come from city grade schools.
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East High School
Samasters
Emma _ Holter
Frankfort
Ruth Acker
Fayette
Oberlin College
Esther Brasie
East High
Italians Honor Battle Heroes After Col di Rosso Victory
Italian Sardinian brigade, lauded for scaling Col di Rosso last Tuesday, returned from trenches to a celebratory scene as villagers from 40 miles around offered flowers. Brig. Gen Ferrigo led a procession with wounded officers, while aircraft hovered and Gen Pecort Girards reviewed the march.
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Associated Press
Italy
5Assari
Sielf
Col di Rosso
Ferrigo
I Slinga
Pecort Girards
First Army
Waterloo to Form Gar bage Piggery Scheme With City Run Service
Waterloo will begin free garbage collection on April first and dispose of refuse at a piggery near the city. A contract was awarded to a St Paul buyer of garbage who will fatten hogs on concrete floors, selling fertilizer and air table scraps to a Chicago firm. Mayor Law says sanitation will be strict despite a projected annual deficit of 3000 to 5000 dollars. Householders may save 75 cents to $1 monthly while former collectors are invited to apply for city positions.
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Waterloo
National Serum Company of
St. Paul
Chiesgzo
W. R. Law
Minneapolis
South Bend
Ind
Rotary hears Riley tribute as Arthur McArthur recalls poet
At Hotel Russell Lawson today the Rotary club heard Arthur McArthur of Des Moines recite lines by James Whitcomb Riley for over 200 minutes. He shared how he met Riley, their friendship, and Riley’s deathbed moments. The meeting also discussed district conference arrangements and railway fuel concerns.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Russell
Lawson
Arthur McArthur
Des Moines
James Whitcomb Riley
McArthur
Pla
Goodby Jim
Yarewell
Mr. McArthur
Riley
Indianapo Blr
MrArthur
Luttle
Austin Burt
Warren Kellen
Ivlene Martin
George Birkley
Cedar Rapids
Williams
Illinni, Central Railroad
Camp Dodge soldiers get chance at West Point
A limited number of soldiers from Camp Dodge will be selected to attend the West Point military academy. Applicants must be 17 to 21 with two years military experience and pass an examination. Examinations are set for March 1, offering National Guard members a better path to entry.
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Camp Dodge
West Point
Reay
Waterloo fuel board lifts rules as operations resume
The Waterloo fuel board reported increased deliveries from half a ton to one ton, signaling an improving fuel situation after a cold wave. Businesses began reopening with limited hours and theatres allowed matinees as guards warned against violations while gas engine plants resumed operations and coke cars arrived to prevent further shutdowns.
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Waterloo Fuel Board
Jioalm
Lopan
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
City in Brief: Local Notes and Updates
Miss Arcutinia Braley was moved from Presbyt erian hospital to her home yesterday. Mr and Mrs Raymond L Scribner returned from a weekend visit with friends at Dubuque. Nav I P Rohiman, former pastor of St Mary's Callville Church, now in charge of Dubuque college endowment, was in Waterloo this morning. It was twenty one degrees below zero last night, rising to two above at one point. Vv E Nichols received a box of oranges from his son Harry, formerly of Waterlan, now on the Pacific coast. Mrs V E Nichols has just arrived in California for a visit. Mr and Mrs J H Siegel were surprised on their tenth wedding anniversary Friday evening at their home 661 Seventh Street West. Refreshments were served.
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Vv. E. Nichols
Harry
Waterlan
V. E. Nichols
California
T. H. Siegel
Seventh Street West
Campaign to distribute smileage books in Waterloo continues
Owing to the abeny in receiving smileage books the campaign for their disposal in Waterloo was seri ously hindered and committees who were engaged in soliciting orders for these books last week will continue to puct forth their efforts to send smileage books to the Waterloo boys, it camps. The demand for these books throout the country has been unuusually large and reports from na tional offstate that it is probable two million instead of the one mil lion will be required to meet the de man. PF. BE. Ritz, general chairman for this section, and his committee will continue their campaign thrugut the week.
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Waterloo
PF. BE. Ritz
Hitchcock
New York
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster's Department
Congress
Senate
Albo
Wilson
Whce
Mate
Wilson IV
Chamberlain
Edward Stettinigs
War Department
Great Britain
France
War Cabinet
McAdoo
Baker
Daniels
Military Committee
Wart Department
Kirby
Nebraska
Unseating tragedy as lamp explodes injures Peterson family
Five members of the Jon Peterson family near Qukville are in critical condition after a kerosene lamp exploded in their home. The father and mother were severely burned while rescuing the children as the lamp sprayed burning fuel and struck the wall. Nearby Davenport suffers through the coldest weather of winter with 14 degrees below zero as coal supplies strain. Traveling man HL Chapman collapses and dies at the Grape Roller company in Davenport, attributed to water-related causes. The Serv League plans an important meeting at the Y M C A to discuss moves by the organization and urges all committee members to attend.
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Jon Peterson
Qukville
Davenport
D. HL
Chapman
Grape Roller Company
Raroner
New York
Teagle
Serv League
Grundy farmer fined for transporting intoxicants
J. J. Whitted, a prominent Grundy County farmer, pleaded guilty to illegally transporting intoxicating liquor. He was fined 190 dollars and costs, and the liquor ordered destroyed. Police found the suitcase in Waterloo after the trio stopped there on a trip from East Dubuque to Grundy Center.
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J. J. Whitted
F. F. Knapp
Whitted
Waterloo
Grundy Center
East Dubuque
Tence
Bids Opened for Lumber Piling Cement by Black Hawk County Board
Bids for lumber piling and cement were opened by the Black Hawk County Board this morning. Lowest prices included oak lumber at 36.50 per thousand and tile at 44.76, piling 18 to 22.5 cents per foot, cement 3.66 a barrel. W A Root participated. the board will carefully review all bids before granting material contracts for 1918 bridge and road work.
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Black Mawk
Lu A. m
Iowa Supervisors’ Association
Des Sfotcen
Red Oak
Black Hawk County
W. A. Root
War contractors urged as Waterloo manufacturers meet
Waterloo Commercial club hosts a Wednesday meeting for local manufacturers to discuss securing war contracts. Iowa forms a War Industry Association with George A. Wrightman to locate a Washington secretary to aid firms. Charles Van Vieck invites firms to supply extra work data and potential special parts. A committee will contact the state association and the Washington secretary.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Indictment against East St. Louis mayor dismissed
Belleville Illinois February 4 The indictment against Mayor Mollman of East St Louis tied to the 1917 race riots was dismissed in circuit court four counts previously, and the remaining counts eliminated today. The report also notes prior dismissals and related local items.
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Belleville
Mollman
East St. Louis
Hitchcock Defends War Bureau Reform Efforts
Senator Hitchcock sharply criticized the current war administration as inefficient and chaotic, urging a war cabinet-style reorganization to coordinate Bureaus. He praised War Department surveyor Edward Stettinius and warned that delays threaten powder plants and artillery, pressing for presidential control over a streamlined, up-to-date war making operation.
This Woman Saved From an Operation
Black River Falls Wisconsin report tells how Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound allegedly spared Mrs. A. W. Binzer from surgery after persistent organic troubles and pain. Doctors in Eau Claire urged operation but the remedy supposedly cured her, prompting praise and urging others to try it for inflammation ulcers displacements backache nervousness irregularities and the blues.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia & Pinkham
Esau Claire
Lydia E. Pickham
A. W. Binzer
Man Injured By Freight Train Near Waterloo
A man about 50, employed at the Waterloo Saddlery plant since last September, was struck while near the Illinois Central tracks around 1 pm and rushed to St Francis hospital. He may have been hit while walking the tracks or attempting to jump the train. His parents live in Waverly Kansas.
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W. Dixon
Illinois. Central
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Altho
Waverly
Kan
Acelient
Dandruff Remedy Claim Raved About in Ad Text
An old advertisement touts a liquid arvon dandruff cure promising to dissolve and destroy all dandruff after nightly applications. It claims itch relief and dramatically improved hair quality, urging four ounces as sufficient for any amount of dandruff and stating the product is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
Man Shot in Foot After Raid at 921 Fourth Street East
W Jones, among several Black men detained in a raid at 921 Fourth Street East Saturday night, seeks release from jail claiming a physical disability and that his wife shot him in the foot.
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W. Jones
Fourth Street East
The Marmola Diet Adverts Fat and Love Conflict
A stylized early 20th century advertisement claims Marmola Tablets melt fat with no exercise. It promises rapid slimming from one tablet after meals and before bed, with a bold note on safety and a Detroit address for purchase. Health claims target dieting women seeking quick weight loss.
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Mpadoo
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Mary Dyrkins
Mary Dykins
F_i H. Fisk
Jefersen Sire
Dykins
West Union
Fisk
Nore Duncan
New York City
Albert
Sioux Falls
Charles W
Lewistown
Mant
Peter Sen Bros
H. W. Garrison
C. W. Wetlanufer
E. L. Douglass
Howard Woolman
Lee Smith
D! Beckwith
Guchanan Optical
Kaid
Fourth Street
Alen
A. Bond
Atto
William Baldwin
Raney
St. Vaul Viem
Rotary
Cool Amine Lese
Y.M.C.A. Ridg
Wast and 4Th St. Bridge
Buchanan
Plames Prom
Exploding Lamp Burns Family
S.C. Preston
Weastminster Presbyterian Church
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
Y. Mc. Ac
Workers’ Conference of the Church
Church United Committee
W. W. Real
Bola
Paris
Bola Pasha
Hegun Toda
Sen
Willams
Mississippi
Iiftercock
Martin
Weeks
Quartermaster General
McKellar
Hitckcock
Penrose
Shipping Board
Europa
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Continental Congress
Gen
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Senator Williams
Germany
Lydia E. Pnkham
Dixon
Pears Baily Wart
Howard Wootman
Nevel
Reed
Missouri
Mies Stender
Marmola Co
Woodward Ave
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MR. Farmer
Robe
Scane
Scane’s Clothes Shop
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